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Jesse Rogers ESPN Staff Writer

Watch Kris Bryant discuss his hot second half and appreciating being on the verge of making the playoffs his first three years in the big leagues.

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Jesse Rogers ESPN Staff Writer

Watch Ben Zobrist discuss the Cubs on the verge of clinching.

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Andrew Marchand ESPN Senior Writer

Mike Tyson is at Yankee Stadium. He is doing an event with season ticket holders.

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Scott Lauber ESPN Staff Writer

Mookie Betts has inflammation, but no structural damage, in his left wrist/hand, a CT scan confirmed Tuesday. While the news certainly could be worse for Betts and the Red Sox, wrist issues are always red flags for hitters. Betts' availability will be day-to-day. With only six games left in the regular season, Red Sox will have to balance rest for Betts and making sure his timing is right at the plate.

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Scott Lauber ESPN Staff Writer

Entering his start tonight, Chris Sale needs 13 strikeouts to tie Pedro Martinez's single-season Red Sox record. It's unclear whether Sale will make another start before the playoffs. He's lined up to start the regular-season finale Sunday against the Houston Astros. By then, though, the Red Sox likely will have clinched the AL East title. Their magic number is 3, with six games remaining.

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Jesse Rogers ESPN Staff Writer

Javier Baez and Addison Russell are both not in the starting lineup for the Cubs as Mike Freeman will play SS while Ben Zobrist is at 2nd. Baez took a foul ball off the knee last night but the ailment wasn't considered serious. It's still sore, according to the Cubs. Russell has a scheduled day off after playing 3 straight days. Meanwhile Kyle Schwarber returns to the lineup one HR shy of 30. Zobrist leads off as Jon Jay takes a break. A win or Brewers loss and the Cubs win the division.

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Andrew Marchand ESPN Senior Writer

Aaron Hicks is off the DL and at the top of the lineup.

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Eddie Matz ESPN Senior Writer

Bryce Harper has been activated from the disabled list. That's huge news for the Nats, whose offense has been almost unrecognizable since Harper hurt his knee on August 12th. Since then, Washington is scoring just 4.1 runs per game, down from 5.4 before the injury.

David Schoenfield ESPN Senior Writer

The Rockies fall short against the Marlins in a 5-4 loss. They got a leadoff walk in the ninth, but Carlos Gonzalez struck out and then Charlie Blackmon lined out to first for a game-ending double play. They went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position and their lead in the wild-card race is 1.5 over the Brewers and 2.5 over the Cardinals.

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Jesse Rogers ESPN Staff Writer

Jon Lester, on Nacho Man: "A guy (A.Russell) fell into him and got nacho cheese on his arm and now he's taking pictures and signing autographs so I guess that shows you where our society is at right now with all that stuff."

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Jesse Rogers ESPN Staff Writer

Watch Javier Baez discuss taking a foul ball off his knee. He says he thinks can play tomorrow.

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Jesse Rogers ESPN Staff Writer

Watch Jon Lester discuss his improved outing on Monday.

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Jesse Rogers ESPN Staff Writer

David Schoenfield ESPN Senior Writer

Mike Trout reaches 30 home runs for the fourth time in his career, which makes you wonder what his final total could have been without his DL stint. His 30 home runs in 109 games projects to 43 homers over 155 games. The injury also means Trout will likely finish out of the top two in the MVP voting for the first time in his career.

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David Schoenfield ESPN Senior Writer

Jose Altuve was hit on his left forearm in Monday's win for the Astros and left the game, but X-rays were negative and he has only a contusion. He's sitting on 199 hits as he tries to reach 200 for the fourth season in a row, but don't surprised if he sits a game or two with the postseason looming. If so, that gives Aaron Judge a couple games to hit some more home runs and gain ground in the MVP race.

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Jesse Rogers ESPN Staff Writer

Watch Joe Maddon discuss Jon Lester's outing on Monday. It was better but there's still room for early improvement.

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David Schoenfield ESPN Senior Writer

The Rockies score two in the seventh to cut their deficit to one run, but missed another run earlier in the inning when Trevor Story hit a 108-mph rocket about 430 feet to the warning track in deep left-center and then Mark Reynolds popped out with the go-ahead runs in scoring position to end the inning. With the Cardinals having lost and the Brewers idle, you don't want to miss the chance to improve your lead in the wild-card race.

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Jesse Rogers ESPN Staff Writer

The Cubs beat the Cardinals 10-2 clinching at least a tie for the division as Jon Lester had a nice bounce back start giving up just a run and five hits over six innings. Kris Bryant and Javier Baez both homered while Jon Jay and Tommy La Stella added RBI hits late in the game as the Cubs pulled away. A win tomorrow OR a Milwaukee loss against Cincinnati will secure the Cubs a second consecutive division title.

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David Schoenfield ESPN Senior Writer

It's been a lost season for the Blue Jays, but one guy who has quietly had another great season is Josh Donaldson. He only played 13 games through the end of May and struggled in July, but he's up to .266/.387/.543 with 31 HRs in 109 games. Since the beginning of August he's hit .297 with 20 HRs and 44 RBIs in 46 games. He's still one of the best players in the game.

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ESPN Stats and Information

Mike Trout now has four 30-HR seasons, 1 shy of the Angels record of 5 held by Tim Salmon.

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David Schoenfield ESPN Senior Writer

This is the most amazing box score line of the year: Rougned Odor is 0-for-0 with three walks. Can he draw a fourth walk? Please make it so, baseball gods.

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Jesse Rogers ESPN Staff Writer

Coming off several rough outings in a row, Jon Lester did his job on Monday, holding the Cardinals to a run over six innings on 5 hits and 4 strikeouts. He gave up some hard hit balls, including a HR, but he never gave in, proving himself playoff capable. Or as close to it as he can be this late in the year after some struggles.

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Jesse Rogers ESPN Staff Writer

Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina left Monday's game against the Cubs after taking two foul balls off his face mask on consecutive pitches in the seventh inning. Kris Bryant fouled both back causing Molina to go down to the ground twice. At that point he left the game.

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David Schoenfield ESPN Senior Writer

Giancarlo Stanton hasn't homered yet, but he did steal a run from the Rockies with a terrific running catch deep in right-center as he crashed into the wall and then Christian Yelich for the third out of the third with a runner on third. Tyler Chatwood has three scoreless frames for the Rockies as he continues to pitch well.

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